Scarborough Marsh; Scarborough, Maine

Scarborough, Maine | 1994-Nov-15

Initial Notification: On November 15, 1994, a Dead River Fuel Company delivery truck loaded with approximately 2,400 gallons of #2 heating fuel overturned into a marsh. Dead River Fuel Co. took responsibility and hired a local cleanup contractor. The contractor deployed protection and containment boom and began skimming product. A technique of digging small holes in the peat was used to collect sufficient quantities of oil to remove. In-situ burning was suggested and denied by the FOSC. USCG district 1. Keyword: in-situ burn.